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A White Paper for Scotland (Guest Blog Post)

So I haven’t paid too much attention to the Scottish Independence referendum (I think my first real glimmer of awareness is when Ryan Meili picked “Better Together” as a campaign slogan a couple years ago and a team member pointed out we’d be working with the “No” side in the Scottish referendum in the world […]

Posted 16 September 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Good Morning Vietnam: An “Un-War” War Movie

In my RIP Robin Williams post yesterday, I mentioned that I wrote an essay while a student in England about Williams’ role in “Good Morning Vietnam”. I don’t think I’ve posted any of my undergrad work on this blog ever but given yesterday’s events, now’s as good of time as any.  Oh, and feel free to […]

Posted 12 August 2014 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I got no car and it’s breaking my heart/But I’ve found a driver and that’s a start”

“Drive My Car” – Beatles

Posted 23 June 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]

Posted 14 June 2014 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Censorship § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Normandy D-Day Landing Sites: Then and Now

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link per se but the concept of taking photos of D-Day landing sites then and now is definitely interesting CBC has also shown what D-Day might have been like if social media had existed at that time.

Posted 06 June 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts & Figures

Posted 28 May 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]

Posted 20 May 2014 § Family § Humour § Infographic § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Travel § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Mother/You had me/But I never had you/I wanted you so bad/You didn’t want me.”

John Lennon’s raw, heartbreaking lament about accepting the abandonment and early loss of his mother as well as his absentee father.  Uhm, Happy Mother’s Day? “Mother” – John Lennon

Posted 12 May 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,